Sylva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sylva

The Social Security Administration has registered 883 babies named Sylva between 1886 and 2014, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sylva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho. In total, SSA state-level files list Sylva in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sylva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 883 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.